Golf Buzz

According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds of two amateur golfers getting aces on the same hole at the same golf course on the same day are about 17 million-to-1.
Maybe it's time to move the pin the 17th hole at Tamarack Golf Course in Shiloh, Illinois.

No shoes, no pants, no problem?
During the second round of the CareerBuilder Challenge, Spanish golfer Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño found his ball pinned up against the water hazard in a bit of a rough spot for a right-handed golfer on the par-4 9th hole.

In celebration of Phil Mickelson's 2017 calendar year debut on the PGA Tour at the CareerBuilder Challenge, we decided to put together a list of our favorites from the shot he's most well-known for: the flop shot.

Phil Mickelson is scheduled to make his 2017 debut today when he tees off in the CareerBuilder Challenge out in Palm Desert, Calif.
It will be Mickelson's first appearance since the Safeway Open in October and also since undergoing two procedures to treat a sports hernia.

For the second consecutive year, Maureen 'Mo' Spada of Sunset Beach, N.C., recorded the most golf rounds played in the Carolinas by a female, according to Carolinas Golf Association records.
And her 2016 total crushed her mark from 2015.

Comparing golfers of different generations is a fruitless task. The way courses are prepared, the technology of clubs used, and the athletic training for Tour players today is vastly different than it was several decades ago.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Toto Gana of Chile atoned for a bogey on the final hole by making a short birdie putt to win a three-man playoff Sunday in the Latin America Amateur Championship and earn a spot in the Masters.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former NBA star Ray Allen took the celebrity lead Saturday in the Diamond Resorts Invitational, and PGA Tour Champions player Woody Austin remained on top in the professional competition.